Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics3.88% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H97M-D3H  (all builds)
Memory11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20140628
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 12 '18 at 22:30
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User NZL-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
82.8% Excellent
Memory 91.9
1-Core 108
2-Core 228
81% 143 Pts
4-Core 398
8-Core 599
62% 499 Pts
64-Core 602
37% 602 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 82.8%
Great: 80%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K600
Nvidia(10DE 094B) 1GB
Ram: 1GB, Driver: 341.21
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
3.88% Terrible
Lighting 4.33
Reflection 4.08
Parallax 4.34
4% 4.25 fps
MRender 5.1
Gravity 3.9
Splatting 7.09
5% 5.36 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 3.88%
Great: 4%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.3960
Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
360GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
73.4% Very good
Read 131
Write 125
Mixed 132
98% 129 MB/s
4K Read 0.49
4K Write 1.48
4K Mixed 0.18
68% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 73.4%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata AM2L16BC8R2-B06S 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
59.2% Above average
MC Read 21.9
MC Write 21.2
MC Mixed 17.2
57% 20.1 GB/s
SC Read 16
SC Write 21.6
SC Mixed 20.3
55% 19.3 GB/s
Latency 64.2
62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 59.2%
Great: 59%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-H97M-D3H Builds (Compare 2,135 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H - $84

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 55% - Above average Total price: $334
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